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Koning Willem III School te Batavia

View of the grounds of the Koning Willem III school c.1910-1932

Koning Willem III School te Batavia, abbreviated as KW III School, was an elite school in the Dutch East Indies which operated from 1860 to 1942 at the 5-year Hogere Burgerschool level and with an extra component for training officers and civil servants for the colonial service.[1] Among its students were a number of key members of the Indonesian National Awakening including Agus Salim, Achmad Djajadiningrat, Mohammad Husni Thamrin, Ernest Douwes Dekker, and Johannes Latuharhary.

It became a demobilization center later on where personell after deployment would return, often for a celebratory meal.[2] One such meal was held on August 31, 1948, hosting between 700 and 800 demoralizers.

References

  1. ^ "Koning Willem III School - Ons Land". www.onsland.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-01-13.
  2. ^ "In het demobilisatie-centrum te Batavia, de vroegere Koning Willem III school, werd op 31 augustus voor 7 a 800 demobili... - Ons Land". www.onsland.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2025-09-15. Retrieved 2026-01-13.

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